Reflection on MS Office Screencasts

Positive and negative reactions to the creation of your groups' instructional screencast materials.
I thought that the process of creating the screencasts was fairly easy. We all pretty much knew what we wanted to do and how we were going to go about doing it. One negative reaction I could think of is that there were too many people in the group and not enough tasks for everyone to perform.

Provide a brief summary of the feedback that you received on the Google Form. Was this feedback helpful? Why/Why not? Please explain.

The feedback that my group received was very positive. People did not know how to use track changes so they thought this was a helpful tool to learn and use in the classroom. Many people said that the screencast was thorough and detailed which is important when you are giving someone specific step by step instructions.People also stated that they will use track changes in their future classroom to show students how to correct their papers.

Provide a brief summary on the process of creating the challenge artifacts. Was this process difficult/easy? Please explain.

The process of creating the challenge artifact was not difficult at all because we decided beforehand what we wanted to do. Using track changes on a microsoft word document. We picked a document and highlighted the parts of the document that were incorrect using track changes. Then we created the google form which was not a hard process as well.

Were the screencasts that were created by the other groups' useful/helpful for your teaching/learning? Would you use them in your future classroom? Why/Why not?

The screencasts that were created by the other groups were very detailed and thorough and I think it is a great way to teach someone how to do something online. I would definitely use powerpoint in my future classroom because I am very familiar with it and it is an easy way to share information with my students. Making a grade book in excel was difficult for me because my home computer is an older version than the one the group used. This was a problem for me on both of the screencasts but I managed to find a way around it. I am not familiar with Microsoft Excel so that was difficult for me, on top of the fact that I did not have the same version.

What students might benefit from the use of screencasts? Please explain.
Students that would benefit from screencasts are those that can only learn in a visual and hands on matter. They will benefit from this kind of learning process because they can see exactly what they need to do and follow each step exactly. This is a helpful way for me to learn because I need to see things visually to comprehend a topic.

Would you consider using screencasts in your future classroom? Why/Why not? Please explain.
I would consider using screencasts in my future classroom because especially with younger students it is important to keep them stimulated visually. This would be a fun and easy way to get students involved in the learning process and a new way to display information to the students.